the hurricane began as a tropical storm over Cuba‚ the storm was first organized in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde Islands. Once the storm reached the Florida Keys it became stronger and formed the hurricane. As the hurricane reached the Gulf of Mexico‚ the hurricane gained its great intensity that caused it to become a category 4 hurricane. This was a great and destructive hurricane with wind speeds at 130-140 miles per hour and a great storm surge that cause many deaths at 15 feet.
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Apalachicola reported wind gusts of 79 mph (127 km/h) at an elevation of 115 ft (35 m).[54] At sea level‚ sustained winds reached 52 mph (84 km/h) at Keaton Beach‚ with gusts 67 mph (108 km/h).[55] While moving ashore‚ Hermine produced a 5.8 ft (1.8 m) storm surge at Cedar Key.[56] Heavy rainfall occurred across western Florida‚ reaching 22.36 in (568 mm) over 72 hours at the Lake Tarpon Canal in Pinellas County.[57] The outer rainbands of Hermine spawned an EF0 tornado just southwest of Windermere with a
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Chapter Twenty focuses on coastlines and ocean basins. While learning about tides‚ surf zones‚ and waves‚ the “Earth Policy” on page 562 was eye-catching. The Great New Orleans Flood occurred after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Even though New Orleans had been struck by Hurricane Katrina‚ the damage and fatalities were adding up. Although there were levees in place along the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal‚ flood waters still managed to rise above the levees and poor into New Orleans. Even though New
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Hurricane Maria is Attacking North Carolina Angelane Grace Sarona HUMSS 11.A The East Coast is receiving high winds and tremendous surf from Hurricane Maria. Maria will weaken to a tropical storm by Tuesday night‚ according to the National Hurricane Center. It is expected that the dangerous core of the storm will move southeast coast of the United States during the following days. Image from weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/ Hurricane Maria caused devastation in the Caribbean. It results to
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The Perfect Storm‚ written by Sebastian Junger‚ is a novel about a six-man crew on a commercial fishing boat called the ""Andrea Gail"". It takes place in October of 1991. The crew of the "Andrea Gail" leaves from Gloucester Massachusetts on a sword fishing expedition. They fish from Georges Bank‚ which is off the coast of Massachusetts‚ to The Grand Banks‚ located off the coast of Newfoundland. They also travel to the Flemish Cap which is located in almost the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean
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Solar Storm Informative Speech Topic: Solar Storm Organizational Pattern: Cause and Effect General Purpose: Speaking to Inform Specific Purpose: This speech is to inform the public‚ including my fellow students‚ and instructor on the dramatic effect of a Solar Storm on society. Thesis Statement: When the Solar Storm hits earth it will eliminate all electricity and communication. The most recent recorded history of a major Solar Storm was in 1859 when their were no electrical grids‚ satellites
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Hurricane Protection Project‚ the reason for this project was prior to 1965. The state of Louisiana design and built its own flood protection‚ but on September 9‚ 1965 hurricane Betsy a category five‚ hit the city of New Orleans. Betsy drove strong storm surge waters into the city of New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain causing the in the industrial canal fail on both side. It took more than ten days for the water level in New Orleans to go down‚ and people could return to their homes. After hurricane
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landfall to the east coast line in Galveston Texas. The storm surge water that Ike produced by flooding the east coast region of Houston and Galveston. It has been estimated over billions of dollars in damage to homeowners‚ business owners‚ and cause numerous of deaths. The mass destruction that Ike caused had people coming up with ideas to prevent or lessen the effects if a storm like this would ever occur in the future. A storm surge project have been drafted and submitted to politicians for
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would be only be closed if a storm was approaching. Such structures have been considered since the 1960’s‚ but the idea was crushed in the late 1970’s because people feared the gates would disrupt marine life and sediment transportation. However this should not be an issue since the gates are open the majority of the time. The main hurdle is cost‚ ranging from $500 million to 1 billion Closing or covering certain canals is an option that would help prevent storm surges from reaching so far inland
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The Power of Solar Storms To Our Fragile Planet Natural disasters occur when least expected all over the world. Disasters affect countless lives and cost millions of dollars. Hurricanes‚ tornados‚ and tsunamis occur with such regularity throughout the world that society has developed warning systems and is prepared to rebound from these disasters as quickly as possible. One disaster that most people do not think about is solar storms. Research shows that solar storms have been documented since the
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